Saul
E109473
Saul is the first king of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, known for his tumultuous reign and complex relationship with the prophet Samuel and his successor David.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saul canonical | 46 |
| Jonathan son of Saul | 2 |
| Saul is terrified and weakened | 1 |
| fields of Saul | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T935010 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saul Context triple: [King Saul, alsoKnownAs, Saul]
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A.
Saul
Saul is a surname most notably associated with Canadian philosopher and writer John Ralston Saul.
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B.
Dávid
Dávid is a given name, commonly used in Hungarian and other languages as a form of the name David.
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C.
Othniel
Othniel is a biblical figure regarded as the first judge of Israel, known for delivering the Israelites from oppression in the Book of Judges.
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D.
Samuel
Samuel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "name of God" or "God has heard," widely used across many cultures and languages.
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E.
Samuel
Samuel is the birth name of the famed American author Mark Twain, known for classics like "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saul Target entity description: Saul is the first king of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, known for his tumultuous reign and complex relationship with the prophet Samuel and his successor David.
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A.
Saul
Saul is a surname most notably associated with Canadian philosopher and writer John Ralston Saul.
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B.
Dávid
Dávid is a given name, commonly used in Hungarian and other languages as a form of the name David.
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C.
Othniel
Othniel is a biblical figure regarded as the first judge of Israel, known for delivering the Israelites from oppression in the Book of Judges.
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D.
Samuel
Samuel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "name of God" or "God has heard," widely used across many cultures and languages.
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E.
Samuel
Samuel is the birth name of the famed American author Mark Twain, known for classics like "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Testament character
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ human ⓘ king ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Shaul ⓘ |
| anointedBy | Samuel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Amalekites
ⓘ
Gibeah ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Gilʿad
ⓘ
surface form:
Jabesh-gilead
|
| characterTrait |
handsome
ⓘ
impulsive ⓘ jealous ⓘ tall ⓘ |
| child |
Abinadab
ⓘ
Ish-bosheth ⓘ Jonathan ⓘ Malchi-shua ⓘ
surface form:
Malchishua
Merab ⓘ Michal ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Philistines ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Israel
|
| deathPlace | Mount Gilboa ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Books of Samuel
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| father | Kish ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | 1 Samuel ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith |
David
ⓘ
Samuel ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex relationship with Samuel
ⓘ
conflict with David ⓘ tumultuous reign ⓘ wars against the Philistines ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | suicide in battle ⓘ |
| name | Saul self-link ⓘ |
| notableAction |
consulted a medium at Endor
ⓘ
persecuted David ⓘ spared King Agag of Amalek ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
anointed king by Samuel at God’s command
ⓘ
battle of Gilboa ⓘ rejected by God as king ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Israel ⓘ |
| predecessor | judges of Israel ⓘ |
| religion | Yahwism ⓘ |
| role | first king of Israel ⓘ |
| spouse | Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz ⓘ |
| successor | David ⓘ |
| tribe | Tribe of Benjamin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Saul Description of subject: Saul is the first king of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, known for his tumultuous reign and complex relationship with the prophet Samuel and his successor David.
Referenced by (50)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Samuel
subject surface form:
Michal
subject surface form:
Michal
this entity surface form:
Jonathan son of Saul
subject surface form:
Michal
subject surface form:
Michal
subject surface form:
Michal
subject surface form:
Michal
this entity surface form:
Saul is terrified and weakened
this entity surface form:
Jonathan son of Saul
this entity surface form:
fields of Saul